Heat and warm hospitality SUDAN Matt Kuriger and Birgit Blekloz, England in the town of Atbara, we planned to catch a bus and get it to the ancient city of Meroe, and there already to catch the ride to which dovezla would take us to the city of Khartoum. Unfortunately, no one could understand where we are trying to leave, and the only bus that we could find, leaving only an hour of the day. Thus, at issue was part of a plan to hitchhike and ride to Khartoum. In the end, we decided to go directly to Khartoum, but before 8 am, even in the side of buses was not. We had no choice but to drink some tea and wait. Women who sell tea, put their trays on every corner. These trays consist of a large Dutch oven, and locked and the key cabinet, on which stand jars with tea, coffee and spices. Stools and the old oil cans are the perfect replacement chairs. This is a great opportunity to interact with the locals. In Khartoum, the sun was hot head all the 48 degree heat, in addition, there was awful dusty. Created the impression that the desert can absorb the city at any time. We went to the Tourism Ministry to get permission to take photographs. In northern Sudan can be photographed without permission, but the Khartoum government fall picky when it comes to cameras, so we decided that the solution will save us from unnecessary problems, especially since the money to pay for it is not necessary. However, when we got to the ministry, we were told to come the next day. In the end, we decided not to bother this red tape, spit on the resolution, risk, and as it turned out, did the right thing - the problems with the photography we have not arisen. Saleswoman tea in Khartoum was one more advantage. After several weeks, during which we ate some unclassifiable meal in Khartoum products were in great variety. This in itself is not bad, though a little expensive: a cup of coffee costs could be compared with the price of coffee in London, and packing flakes Speshl Kay "cost as much as 23 Sudanese pounds or 6 pounds sterling. Although we are so bored by it, would gladly have given as much as we have been asked to! In the evenings we enjoyed the Indian cuisine and a surprisingly good Italian pizza. Morning tea in the Atbara To view local attractions, we hired a driver with a car and drove to the meeting place of two large rivers, where the Blue Nile from Ethiopia, met with the White Nile in Uganda. Specifically there to see it was not for that, but for us the confluence of the Nile was of particular importance - we are soon going to visit both of its source. Tomb Hamed al-Nil in the old town of Omdurman, we visited the tomb of Hamed al-Nil. Sheikh Hamed al-Nil in the XIX century was the head of a Sufi brotherhood Kadyrov. On his grave every week, followers of Sufism perform their ceremony. Unfortunately, this happens on Fridays, so we were not destined to see the dancing dervishes. Tomb of Sheikh is situated on a vast cemetery, which is located somewhere in the suburbs. We also saw the mausoleum of the Mahdi, who in the Sudan has a bad reputation. Mohammed Ahmed, son of a carpenter, shipbuilder, was also a pious, ascetic preacher. He called himself the Mahdi, was for a reformation of Islam and overthrew Turkish rule. He also argued that the release Arabia, repeating the acts the Prophet Muhammad. In the days of the Mahdi British have lost control over the Sudan, but he soon won the country repeating. Winners decided to blow up the mausoleum of the Mahdi, fearing that this place will become a symbol of unity for all the discontented Sudanese. The modern building of the mausoleum was built in 1947. Tomb of Mahdi last stop of our trip was the camel market. He is somewhere in the middle of the desert, far from the city. The day was fairly quiet. Market day is Friday, but still we expect to see something else. Everywhere are cows, horses, donkeys and goats (a strange thing - camels were not), who tried not to give the ends under the scorching sun, with little water and grass. For us, it remains a mystery how people - and animals too - survive in such harsh conditions. Deadline for material:
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